Research

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Desde 2015

GIRA

The Action-Research Group for Alcohol Risks - GIRA - began in 2015, as a result of the outreach work led by the GIRUGaia, GIRUBarcelos and GIRUSetúbal teams.

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2009 - 2012

APDES is responsible for the external evaluation of the ACP@ICT project – Through Innovative Contributions – promoted by the Instituto Piaget. This project, founded in 2009, is co-funded by the European Commission, in the ambit of the EuropeAid program ...

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2012 - 2014

Optimisation of the Public Policies to Support Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion

GIIG is currently developing a research study entitled “Optimisation of the public policies to support entrepreneurship and social inclusion ...

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2009 - 2011

InPar

The action-research project InPAR is aimed at the social/professional (re)integration of drug users involved in Harm Reduction Programs, through the study of facilitating factors and obstacles associated with this intervention process.

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2006 - 2008

Gestão de Vida vs. Gestão de Carreira - GVGC

The research “Gestão de Vida vs. Gestão de Carreira: estudo dos factores implicados no processo de decisão perante propostas do IEFP [Life Management vs. Career Management: study on the factors involved in the decision-making ...

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2012 - 2013

The Impact of Austerity in the Portuguese Model of Drug Use Decriminalisation

The Model for Decriminalisation of illicit drugs is in force since 2001 and it is internationally recognised as one of the most relevant experiences ...

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2013 - 2014

Opioid substitution programs in Portugal: contributions to its characterisation and comprehension

This research project offers a contribution to the understanding and characterisation of the Opioid Substitution Programs in Portugal. It is based on the ...

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2013 - 2014

EuroHRN II: Recommendations on deaths associated with drugs and overdose

The EuroHRN was founded in 2010 by ten organisations with common interests regarding Harm Reduction advocacy in Europe. Since 2012, APDES is part of a new project promoted by EuroHRN ...

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2005 - 2007

Clepsidra

Clepsidra was an action-research project aimed at the local development of Canelas, Vila Nova de Gaia. Several communitarian events including the themes of voluntary work, establishment of associations and reconstruction of local memory or identity were carried out ...

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2010 - 2013

NEWIP

NEWIP was an initiative of several European civil societies NGOs, in order to meet the new challenges in the fields of harm reduction (HR) and health promotion in recreational contexts. With the purpose of developing innovating responses adapted to youth cultures, promoting the communities’ ...

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2013 - 2015

Local Pass

The main goals of Local Pass are to reduce the use and harmful effects of “New Psychoactive Substances” (NPS) and detect new trends, through the development of adequate interventions at local and regional levels ...

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2014 - 2016

New psychoactive substances in Europe

The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative pilot interventions in the ambit of New Psychoactive Substances use. In addition to a strong research component, led by the Charles University of Prague ...

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